Metairie man booked with online solicitation of a minor after undercover sting

A Metairie man is accused of soliciting sex with a 12-year-old girl after an undercover online police sting, according to a Kenner Police Department report. Gary Lynn Workman, 55, 3001 Cleary Ave., apparently advertised on the "casual encounters" section of the New Orleans Craigslist website, the report said.

Gary Lynn Workman

"Every woman is somebody's daughter," his post stated. "Do you have a daughter you could bring to me?"

His arrest was a collaboration between the Kenner Police Department and the FBI. A Kenner detective who saw the Craigslist post contacted an FBI special agent, and the agent began an online correspondence with Workman, the Kenner police report said.

Between March 8 and April 9, Workman showed interest in "meeting a 12-year-old female to engage in sexual intercourse," the police report said.

On April 9 at about 2 p.m., Workman arrived at a pre-determined location in Kenner and was arrested.

He was taken to the Kenner Police Department where he admitted to authorities that he had been corresponding with an adult male he believed lived with a 12-year-old girl and said he drove to Kenner intending to have sex with the girl, the police report said.

Workman also admitted, the report said, to possessing and distributing child pornography via the Internet.

He was booked with attempted indecent behavior with a juvenile and computer-aided solicitation of a minor. He remains in the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna in lieu of $30,000 bond, according to jail records.